Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

13th October 1703

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Edward Blackman proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Sepulchers , was indicted for feloniously taking a pocket Handkerchief from Daniel Mason proceedingsvictim , on the 20th of September last. The Prosecutor deposed, That as he was coming through Newgate , he catcht the Prisoner's Hand in his Pocket, and had pulled his Handkerchief almost out, but not quite, so it not appearing to be in the Prisoner's possession, the Jury acquitted him.




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